Turface® Has Repeat Performance at Lebanon Valley College showcases how Lebanon Valley College’s Arnold Field uses Turface Field & Fairway® to protect an award-winning native soil football field through extreme weather and heavy multi-sport traffic. Beginning with Hurricane Ernesto in 2006 and continuing through the 2010–2011 lacrosse seasons, preventive and in-game applications helped keep the surface firm, safe and immediately playable. The field withstood snow, 30 lacrosse events, a 200-player lineman camp and an overtime game with about 2.5 inches of rain while minimizing turf damage and repair work.
Key Points
- Lebanon Valley College first used Turface Field & Fairway ahead of Hurricane Ernesto in 2006 to keep its Sports Turf Managers Association award-winning native soil football field playable during torrential downpours and heavy foot traffic.
- A DryJect application of Field & Fairway over the entire field in December 2009 provided immediate playability for early 2010 lacrosse practices, keeping the game field firm while neighboring untreated practice fields were soggy and showed heavy wear.
- The treated field handled 30 lacrosse games and practices plus a June 29 lineman camp with 2 NFL players, coaches and 200 players, requiring only limited sod patching and overseeding before the camp.
- During an April 16 women’s lacrosse game that endured about 2.5 inches of rain, repeated Field & Fairway applications reduced footing issues, prevented significant turf damage and allowed Lebanon Valley to finish–and win–the game in overtime.
